Zhu Yilong, Ni Ni on ‘Dongji Rescue’ WWII Maritime Epic: ‘Humanism Doesn’t Recognize National Boundaries’

Zhu Yilong trained extensively in free diving. Ni Ni built up her physique to look like a 1940s fisherwoman. And for co-director Fei Zhenxiang, the $80 million underwater epic about one of WWII’s most harrowing rescue missions meant working in complete collaboration with his mentor. “Dongji Rescue” dramatizes the real-life Lisbon Maru incident of October […]